{"id":305557,"date":"2019-03-14T11:28:21","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T18:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=305557"},"modified":"2019-03-14T11:28:23","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T18:28:23","slug":"video-darren-till-admits-he-looked-past-woodley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/video-darren-till-admits-he-looked-past-woodley\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Darren Till admits he &#8216;looked past Woodley&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Back in September, English welterweight contender Darren Till stepped into the Octagon with UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley. While Till entered this fight as a betting favorite, he was soundly defeated by the champion, succumbing to a submission in the bout&#8217;s second round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In hindsight, Till says he wasn&#8217;t in the right headspace heading into this fight with the incredibly dangerous Woodley, who has since lost the title. In fact, he says, he was looking right past Woodley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Till made this admission during a media scrum ahead of his UFC London showdown with Jorge Masvidal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UFC London: Darren Till Says He Might &#039;Campaign&#039; For Title Shot With Win Over Jorge Masvidal\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GvlX3WGWMmE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;There are little tiny mistakes I can take from that,&#8221; he said of the loss. &#8220;In the fight \u2014 I&#8217;ve always been a calm, relaxed fighter\u2014 but maybe I was too relaxed, too confident in myself in there. 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